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Too Like the Lightning

Ada Palmer · Tor
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also...
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Sip

Brian Allen Carr · Soho Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical, apocalyptic debut novel about addiction, friendship, and the struggle for survivalIt started with a single child and quickly spread: you could get high by drinking your own shadow. At night, lights were destroyed so that addicts could sip shadow in the pure light of the moon.Gangs...
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Knife Fight and Other Struggles

David Nickle · ChiZine Publications
Format: Print book

A young man at loose ends finds he cannot look away from his new lover's alien gaze. A young woman out of time seeks her old lover in the cold spaces between the stars. The fleeing worshippers of an ancient and jealous deity seek solace in an unsuspecting New World congregation. In a suburban...
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Belle Chasse: A Novel of The Sentinels of New Orleans

Suzanne Johnson · Tor
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Suzanne Johnson's "strong and intriguing" (Publishers Weekly) urban fantasy series continues with Belle Chasse. The Sentinels of New Orleans series has earned starred reviews from Library Journal ("a resourceful heroine who relies on her magical ingenuity") and PW ("vivid...a...
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Blood In the Water: Destroyermen

Taylor Anderson · New American Library
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Taylor Anderson's enthralling New York Times bestselling series of alternate history continues as game-changing revelations upend the Grand Alliance in a potentially cataclysmic war. Ever since the USS Walker came from another world war to defy the terrifying Grik and diabolical Dominion,...
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Age of Swords: Book Two of The Legends of the First Empire

MICHAEL J SULLIVAN · Del Rey
Pages: 470
Format: Hardcover

The gods have been proven mortal and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth - from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series.In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure,...
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Borne: A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer · MCD
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Book Riot, Chicago Reader, The Week, and Publishers Weekly."Am I a person?" Borne asked me."Yes, you are a person," I told him. "But like a person, you can be a weapon, too."In...
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Gods of Nabban

K V Johansen · Pyr
Pages: 565
Format: Print book

The fugitive slave Ghu has ended the assassin Ahjvar's century-long possession by a murderous and hungry ghost, but at great cost. Heir of the dying gods of Nabban, he is drawn back to the empire he fled as a boy, journeying east on the caravan road with Ahjvar at his side. Haunted by memory...
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Street Magicks

Paula Guran · Prime Books
Pages: 381
Format: Print book

Streets are more than thoroughfares. Cobblestone or concrete, state of mind or situation -- streets are catalysts for culture; sources of knowledge and connection, invisible routes to hidden levels of influence. In worlds where magic is real, streets can be full of dangerous shadows or paths...
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War and Craft: A Novel

TOM DOYLE · Tor Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

America, land of the Free ... and home of the warlocks.The Founding Fathers were never ones to pass up a good weapon. America's first line of defense has been shrouded in secrecy, magical families who have sworn to use their power to protect our republic.But there are those who reject...
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The Fate of the Tearling

Erika Johansen · Harper
Pages: 478
Format: Print book

"Katniss Everdeen, you have competition." - Entertainment WeeklyThe thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Tearling trilogy.In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. As she has come into her own as the Queen...
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Dragon Justice

Laura Anne Gilman · Harlequin Luna
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback

In my time with PUPI, formally known as Private, Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations, I've seen a lot. Learned a lot. And not all of it's been good. But what we do - make people accountable for crimes committed with magic - is important work.Still. Even I need to take a break...
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The Gender Game 2: The Gender Secret

Bella Forrest · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback

The pulse-pounding second book in The Gender Game series.Gliding over the treacherous Green in a shaky aircraft that she has no idea how to land, Violet Bates is still in shock. The harrowing events of the previous night play over in her mind as she asks herself question after question.Why...
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Starhawk

Jack McDevitt · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 407
Format: Book

Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences.This is the story of her first unforgettable adventure ... Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She's completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilot's license. Her timing is far from...
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